Re: Does he know what he is doing?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:19 am
Even the normally excellent and highly acclaimed BBC TV series "The Repair Shop" sometimes gets things wrong.
The episode broadcast on 29th April included the "restoration" of an Edison Opera. Watch it if you can, and weep
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The Music Master horn was chemically stripped to bare wood, and refinished in a shade which did not match the case, which was left as found. The neck was painted black and re-attached to the bell with glue, no attempt being made to replace the missing brass ferrule.
On completion the sound quality was just as bad as when the machine was brought in. Wow, flutter and playing much too fast. The out of round cylinder played was a tenor singing Gilbert and Sullivan, but he sounded more like one of the Chipmunks
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As if the treatment of the Opera was not bad enough, any non collector watching might assume that this is what one is supposed to sound like.
The episode broadcast on 29th April included the "restoration" of an Edison Opera. Watch it if you can, and weep
.The Music Master horn was chemically stripped to bare wood, and refinished in a shade which did not match the case, which was left as found. The neck was painted black and re-attached to the bell with glue, no attempt being made to replace the missing brass ferrule.
On completion the sound quality was just as bad as when the machine was brought in. Wow, flutter and playing much too fast. The out of round cylinder played was a tenor singing Gilbert and Sullivan, but he sounded more like one of the Chipmunks
.As if the treatment of the Opera was not bad enough, any non collector watching might assume that this is what one is supposed to sound like.
edisonplayer
The guy who made the video isn't the owner of the machine he's restoring it for someone else.